[Costs of Saudi Arabia's Neom green hydrogen mega-project soar by $3.5 billion]Budgets for the Neom green hydrogen mega-project, which will tap vast green energy capacity, have soared 70% to $8.5 billion, according to a financial update from co-developer Air Products. Inflation, spare parts, land upfront costs and interest on a $1 billion loan all contributed to the $3.5 billion budget increase the company is developing in the deserts of northwestern Saudi Arabia with partner ACWA Power, a Saudi renewable energy development Merchant and Neom. Editor/Xing Wentao
In March 2026, the CNNC Xinao Yumen solar thermal energy storage+photovoltaic+wind power project will be fully connected to the grid, with a total installed capacity of 700000 kilowatts and an annual power generation of 1.75 billion kilowatt hours. Yumen has formed a multi energy complementary system of wind, solar, water, fire, hydrogen storage, and has built the world's first 300 megawatt compressed air energy storage power station.Editor/Gao Xue